A low power wide band CMOS VCO for multi-standard radios

Author

Fard, Ali ; Johnson, Tord ; Åberg, Denny

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Malardalen Univ., Vasteras, Sweden

fYear

2004

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

82

Abstract

The work presents a single monolithic wide band VCO for multi-standard radios. Analysis on a differential switched capacitor circuit is performed. Its impact on phase noise and power dissipation is especially addressed. The analysis is demonstrated and verified in a fully integrated CMOS VCO that consumes 2.7 mA from a 1.8 V supply and operates with a wide frequency band from 3.5-5.3 GHz. The measured phase noise is less than -110 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset within the entire tuning range.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC oscillators; cellular radio; integrated circuit design; phase noise; radio equipment; switched capacitor networks; voltage-controlled oscillators; 1.8 V; 2.7 mA; 3.5 to 5.3 GHz; 3G mobile systems; GSM; differential switched capacitor circuit; monolithic wideband VCO; multi-standard radios; phase noise; power dissipation; third generation mobile systems; wideband CMOS VCO design; Frequency; Integrated circuit measurements; Noise measurement; Performance analysis; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Power dissipation; Switched capacitor circuits; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2004 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8451-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2004.1389076

Filename

1389076